When Damian Lillard received traded to the Bucks, a brand new nickname for him and Giannis Antetokounmpo emerged and Dame has given a chilly response to it.

Many across the league are embracing Giannis and Dame’s new shtick ‘Freak Time’, which got here from combining their respective nicknames ‘The Greek Freak’ and ‘Dame Time’.

The Bucks social media pages even leant into the title on the media day as they posted photos of the pair collectively in Milwaukee jerseys.

NBA followers appear to be getting across the nickname too, however Lillard has made it clear that it received’t be one thing he’s going to be embracing.

“I’m not invested in that in any respect,” Lillard instructed NBA insiders Chris Haynes and Marc Stein on the #ThisLeague UNCUT podcast. “All people’s doing all this speaking, I’m simply making an attempt to play. I go away that to all people else.”

Seemingly, Dame mustn’t be a fan of the title, as a result of he actually buys into his particular person ‘Dame Time’ nickname.

Numerous instances (if you’ll) when he’s having an enormous recreation, he’ll iconically level to his wrist to let everybody know that it’s Dame Time.

It appears as if Lillard isn’t a fan of all of the Giannis and Dame hype, however unsure what else he anticipated.

There may be a number of strain on the duo to carry out, however after their first recreation final week, Giannis has stated issues might take time to excellent.

“It would take a month, two months, six months, it doesn’t matter,” Giannis stated after Dame’s first recreation as a Buck in opposition to the Lakers. “We would determine it out within the final recreation of the common season. The aim is to be the place we wish to be when it issues probably the most.”

It will likely be all eyes on Freak Time after they play their season opener in opposition to Philadelphia in Milwaukee.